Wright and Cowen, who have separately written important scholarly works on the financial history of the early republic, here repackage their research…

- David Liss

I didnt want to write a book that suggested that magic good/technology bad.

- David Liss

I enjoy my pettiness with a dose of wit.

- David Liss

I was always a big Justice League fan. I always loved Batman, Superman - I have a weird Martian Manhunter fixation.

- David Liss

In my research, what I found most interesting was how common and ordinary magic was to people in the past.

- David Liss

Seduction is an absolute pleasure to read -- clever, suspenseful, exciting, mysterious, learned, and engrossing. Some of the best historical fiction …

- David Liss

The world is full of wonders that cannot be measured. That is why they are wonders.

- David Liss

Sometimes you make your mistakes with your eyes wide open.

- David Liss

I do, in fact, have a book club. I meet with a couple of guys once a month of a lunchtime discussion of some interesting text, usually, but not alway…

- David Liss